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On a quiet September weekend, plans for a fun outing turn tragic when a vanload of Amish teenagers is struck by a semi-truck. Four young women are forever changed by the event. Loraine's fiance' is severely injured and breaks their engagement. Katie's boyfriend is killed and she sinks into a depression. Jolene loses her hearing. Ella tries to hold her cousins together, but even she struggles with the loss of her brother. Can God bring new hope into these young lives and turn their tears of sadness to tears of joy through new love? Find out in this three book collection.

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Enjoy the pleasure of owning the complete Indiana Cousins trilogy all under one cover. Follow four young Amish women who are forever changed after a traffic accident takes their friends and leave them scarred. Loraine’s fiancé is severely injured and breaks their engagement. Katie’s boyfriend is killed, and she sinks into depression. Jolene loses her hearing. Ella tries to hold her cousins together, but even she struggles with the loss of her brother. How will God take a tragedy and turn it for good in their lives?

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New York Times, award-winning author, Wanda E. Brunstetter is one of the founders of the Amish fiction genre. Wandas ancestors were part of the Anabaptist faith, and her novels are based on personal research intended to accurately portray the Amish way of life. Her books are well-read and trusted by many Amish, who credit her for giving readers a deeper understanding of the people and their customs. When Wanda visits her Amish friends, she finds herself drawn to their peaceful lifestyle, sincerity, and close family ties. Wanda enjoys photography, ventriloquism, gardening, bird-watching, beachcombing, and spending time with her family. She and her husband Richard have been blessed with two grown children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. To learn more about Wanda, visit her website at www.wandabrunstetter.com.

Jolene, Lorriane, and Katie are all close family members in Wanda Brunstetters heartfelt trilogy, Indiana Cousins, a story about confronting tragedy when it confronts our faith.

Jolene, Lorriane, and Katie greeted about their trip to Hershey Park, Pennsylvania with great excitement. Their journey was expected to be one of the most memorable weekends and so it would be, but in an unimaginable, tragic way. The bonds of family and faith are tested as dark forces threaten to tear the cousins apart in the most difficult of struggles. Indiana Cousins reaches out to include us as extended family as we follow the trials of preserving faith in the face of abject pain and suffering.

We are shown the truth that God never promised we would be without heartache in this world, but that He will be with us and give us the strength to carry through - if we choose to endure the test of grief. Through this wonderful, poignant tale we are reminded that it is not possible to know Gods plan, we can only be faithful to it whatever that may be.

Suffering may be a season beset upon us for growth, it may be to help save others through our example, or it could be to serve Him in ways that may never be known to us. Whatever the purpose, however deep the pain, however unjust it may seem to us, we must not question Gods motives, but instead be loyal to His promise of love and respectful of His will.

As the cousins show us, tragedy makes us vulnerable to believing in silence, to believing that God hears us, but doesnt care or respond. Then, as so often happens, a week, a month, or even years will pass before we experience that overwhelming heart of thanksgiving. Our eyes open to why the Lord didnt answer our prayers how we wished, and if that moment does not happen, we still know that God has His plan and that our suffering is for a divine purpose.

This is the great lesson that Wanda Brunstetter passes to us. God can take any broken heart, tragic event that has taken in place in our lives just as He did with the Indiana Cousins and turn into a message and a journey of hope to others.

I'm sorry but I couldn't finish this book. I had read Plain and Fancy by this author and loved it. This book(s)however I couldn't finish reading. The characters all needed smacked and I found them to be very unlikeable. It was a good price for the book though.

The setting just didn't feel Amish to me, I gave the book to a friend of mine I don't know if she's gonna like it as she's a big Beverly Lewis fan like myself. This book just read like a bad soap opera. :(

The Indiana Cousins Trilogy is a great reading experience. The characters are real people, with human failings. The stories prove that God has a special plan for each of us. I love Ms. Brunstetter's writing.